Cardiff City's new No.1 has revealed the secret piece of advice that helped his move to South Wales come to fruition.

Allan McGregor said it was a word of encouragement from former Bluebirds' keeper David Marshall which urged the Hull City man to join the Bluebirds.

The Scot began his Cardiff career in fine style, untroubled by the Brewers all afternoon as Rhys Healey's late goal snatched the points for Neil Warnock's side.

It was reward for the former Rangers and Besiktas man, who swapped places with Marshall upon signing for Cardiff on loan from Hull and kept a clean sheet on debut, after Marshall himself had offered his advice.

"Marshy said this was a great place to play with a great set of lads and obviously in the short time I've been down here, (it's been) really good," said McGregor.

"It's only my first few days but I've really enjoyed it so far.

"I know the fans are really passionate down here so I'm excited for that and just to get back playing again. Hopefully I can be consistent for the reminder of our campaign."

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In terms of consistency McGregor made a perfect start, with Warnock calling him a 'reassuring presence', despite the fact Burton only managed one shot on his goal in the game.

But McGregor's clean sheet on debut is a feat in itself. None of his previous three predecessors: Ben Amos, Ben Wilson or Brian Murphy, managed it their first Bluebirds match, with Marshall the last Cardiff keeper to register a clean sheet on debut back in 2009.